When William Little was born about 1791, in Armagh, County Armagh, Ireland, his father, Archibald Little Jr, was 31 and his mother, Isabella Potter, was 24. He married Jane Thompson on 28 November 1812, in Ireland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 16 November 1869, in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 79.
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Battle of Antrim.
The Young Ireland rebellion of 1798 failed.
The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
English: nickname for a small man (if not ironic), or distinguishing epithet for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name, from Middle English littel, Old English lȳtel (see Light 3).
Irish: translation into English of Gaelic Ó Beagáin ‘descendant of Beagán’ (see Began ).
Americanized form (translation into English) of any of various European surnames meaning ‘little’, e.g. French Petit , Polish Mały (see Maly 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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